重复经颅磁刺激治疗精神分裂症顽固性幻听对照研究

目的研究重复经颅磁刺激治疗精神分裂症幻听的临床疗效和安全性。方法伴顽固性幻听的精神分裂症患者随机分为研究组(n=60)和对照组(n=60)。在维持原抗精神病药物治疗基础上,研究组给予6周左侧颞顶叶的rTMS治疗,对照组给予伪刺激治疗。采用幻听量表(AHRS)、阳性症状和阴性症状量表(PANSS)、幻听量表(AHRS)评定临床疗效,采用不良反应量表(TESS)评估不良反应。结果 6周治疗后,研究组治疗幻听的有效率高于对照组(P<0.01),研究组AHRS、PANSS的总分和分量表评分均低于对照组,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05或0.01)。治疗中未见明显不良反应。结论左侧颞顶叶rTMS治疗能减轻精神分裂症患者的顽固性幻听。     

低频重复经颅磁刺激治疗精神分裂症顽固性幻听的临床研究

目的：研究左侧颞顶区低频（1Hz）重复经颅磁刺激（rTMS）治疗伴有顽固性言语性幻听的精神分裂症的疗效。方法：将35例伴有顽固言语性幻听的精神分裂症患者随机分为研究组18例和对照组17例。在原有抗精神病药种类及剂量不变的基础上,研究组给予左侧颞顶区频率为1Hz的真性rTMS刺激2周共10次,对照组给予相应的假性刺激。两组治疗前后均采用阳性与阴性症状量表（PANSS）评定其总体临床症状及幻听的变化,并进行威斯康星卡片分类测验（WCST）及听觉注意力测验（CPT）。结果：35例患者均完成治疗,研究组治疗前后幻听评分分别为（4．89±1．18）分和（3．00±1．75）分,对照组治疗前后幻听评分分别为（4．88±1．11）分和（4．24±1．20）分（F=7．72,P=0．009）。研究组有效率77．8％显著优于对照组41．2％（P=0．041）。治疗后两组问PANSS评分除阴性症状外其他各项评分改善差异均有显著性（P〈0．05）。WCST和CFF评分治疗后两组间差异无显著性（P〉0．05）。结论：左侧颞顶区rTMS对于幻听具有较肯定的治疗作用,并且能够改善精神分裂症患者的总体精神病性症状。在一定程度上能够改善患者的认知功能,但尚无确切疗效。     

连续θ短阵快速脉冲模式重复经颅磁刺激治疗伴幻听的精神分裂症疗效

目的:探究连续θ短阵快速脉冲模式(cTBS)重复经颅磁刺激(rTMS)治疗伴幻听的精神分裂症疗效。方法:将124例伴有幻听的精神分裂症患者随机分成研究组(62例,完成61例)和对照组(62例,完成59例)。研究组进行4周的cTBS的rTMS治疗,对照组接受4周的伪刺激治疗。分别在干预前、干预2周和干预4周后对两组患者进行阳性和阴性症状量表(PANSS)、听幻觉评分量表(AHRS)、持续注意力测试(CPT)和Stroop色词测验(SCWT)评估。结果:①干预4周后研究组PANSS的阳性症状、阴性症状、一般精神病理和PANSS总分差值均明显高于对照组;②干预2周后和干预4周后,研究组的AHRS评分差值显著高于对照组;③干预4周后研究组SCWT中错报数、漏报数和反应时间与基线的差值均显著高于对照组;④干预4周后研究组的RTA、RTB、RTC及SIE与基线差值明显高于对照组。结论:cTBS模式的rTMS可改善精神分裂症的幻听症状及认知功能。     

单纯药物与药物联合重复经颅磁刺激治疗首发精神分裂症幻听症状的随机对照研究

目的：探讨单纯药物与药物联合重复经颅磁刺激（rTMS）治疗首发精神分裂症患者幻听症状的疗效及安全性。方法将80例具有幻听症状的首发精神分裂症患者随机分为研究组和对照组,每组各40例。研究组在药物（利培酮）基础上联合rTMS治疗,对照组采用单纯药物（利培酮）治疗。分别于治疗前及治疗1,2,4周末应用阳性和阴性症状量表（PANSS）评定临床疗效,通过不良反应评价其安全性。结果治疗4周末,两组患者PANSS总分及各因子分均较治疗前显著下降（P＜0．01）;治疗4周末,研究组PANSS阳性症状因子显效率（30％）高于对照组（10％）,差异有统计学意义（P＜0．05）;研究组PANSS总分和阳性症状因子分在第2周和4周末均低于对照组（P ＜0．05）。两组患者各不良反应发生率的差异无统计学意义（P ＞0．05）。结论 rTMS可以缩短药物治疗精神分裂症幻听症状的起效时间,并可提高药物的疗效,且安全性好。     

重复经颅磁刺激对军人慢性精神分裂症患者阴性症状及认知功能的疗效分析

目的研究高频重复经颅磁刺激（rTMS）对军人慢性精神分裂症患者阴性症状及认知功能的疗效。方法将42例以阴性症状为主的住院军人慢性精神分裂症患者随机分为研究组（21例）和对照组（21例）。研究组在原有抗精神病药物种类及剂量不变的同时给予经左侧背外侧前额叶的4周共20次高频（15Hz）rTMS刺激,对照组采用假rTMS刺激。治疗前后对两组分别进行阳性和阴性症状量表（PANSS）、17项汉密尔顿抑郁量表（HAMD17）、治疗中出现的不良反应量表（TESS）评定及事件相关电位P300测定。结果研究组治疗后PANSS量表阴性症状因子分由（35.1±4.5）降至（25.5±4.1）,治疗后较治疗前显著下降（t=2.92,P〈0.05）,而对照组治疗前后则无变化（P〉0.05）,研究组疗效明显优于对照组（F=21.6,P〈0.05）;其它因子分及HAMD17治疗前、后均无变化。与治疗前比较,治疗后在CZ点,研究组P300的P2、P3波幅升高（P均〈0.05）;而对照组P300各项指标治疗前后变化均无统计学意义（P均〉0.05）。结论高频rTMS能有效治疗慢性精神分裂症患者的阴性症状,并改善认知功能。     

低频重复经颅磁刺激对难治性精神分裂症的增效作用

目的评价低频重复经颅磁刺激(r TMS)对难治性精神分裂症的疗效和认知功能的影响及其安全性。方法将52例幻听症状突出的难治性精神分裂症患者随机分为真刺激组和伪刺激组,刺激频率为1Hz,部位为背外侧前额叶皮质。在基线期、2周(治疗10次)、6周(治疗20次)和治疗结束后1个月采用阳性和阴性症状量表(PANSS)、幻听量表(AHRS)、临床总体印象量表(CGIS)评价精神症状,采用可反复测查的成套神经心理状态评估工具(RBANS)评价认知功能,采用副反应量表(TESS)评定不良反应。结果 r TMS治疗10次、20次及随访1个月时,真刺激组和伪刺激组相比,PANSS幻觉、CGI评分、AHRS频率及RBANS总评分比较差异均有统计学意义(P0.05或0.01);r TMS治疗20次及随访1个月时,AHRS总评分、影响、痛苦、RBANS视觉广度、言语功能及注意力评分差异有统计学意义(P0.05或0.01);随访1个月时,PANSS阳性症状、一般病理症状评分、RBANS即刻记忆评分差异有统计学意义(P0.05或0.01)。r TMS治疗后未发现明显不良反应。结论低频r TMS可改善精神分裂症的幻听、阳性症状和认知功能且安全性好。     

不同部位低频重复经颅磁刺激治疗顽固性幻听起效时间和安全性的双盲对照研究

目的 初步探讨背外侧前额叶和左侧颞顶叶低频重复经颅磁刺激(repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation,rTMS)治疗精神分裂症顽固性幻听的疗效(起效时间)和安全性.方法 36例伴有顽固性幻听的精神分裂症患者随机分为三组,分别为背外侧前额叶rTMS治疗组(n1 =12)、左侧颞顶叶rTMS治疗组(n2=14)及对照组(假性刺激)(n3=10),背外侧前额叶rTMS治疗组、左侧颞顶叶rTMS治疗组分别给予10次1 Hz rTMS真性刺激,对照组给予假刺激,治疗期间维持原有抗精神病药种类及剂量不变.采用阳性和阴性症状量表(Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale,PANSS)评定临床症状,不良反应症状量表(Treatment Emergent Symptom Scale,TESS)、纯音听力测试评估副反应.结果 两个真性治疗组疗效均明显优于假性治疗组,与基线比较,背外侧前额叶组第4次评估、左侧颞顶叶组第7次评估出现统计学差异,两个治疗组比较差异无统计学意义.无论治疗组、对照组均未观察到明显的副反应.结论 1 Hz背外侧前额叶、左侧颞顶叶低频重复经颅磁刺激治疗精神分裂症顽固性幻听均有效,且安全性高.     

低频重复经颅磁刺激对慢性精神分裂症患者血清催乳素水平的影响

目的 探讨低频重复经颅磁刺激(rTMS)治疗抗精神病药所致高催乳素血症的疗效及安全性.方法 将61例利培酮所致高催乳素血症的住院军人慢性精神分裂症患者随机分为两组,在原有利培酮剂量稳定不变的基础上,分别予以10 d的1Hz低频删S刺激(31例)及假rTMS刺激(30例).于刺激前、后对两组分别进行血清催乳素(PRL)测定及阳性和阴性症状量表(PANss)、17项汉密尔顿抑郁量表(HAMD-17)评定,同时观察高催乳素血症临床症状的变化情况,并于1个月后对研究组的血清PRL水平进行复测.结果 (1)研究组rTMS刺激后PRL水平[(27.9±7.1)μg/L]较治疗前[(101.5±41.2)μg/L]下降,差异有统计学意义(P＜0.01);对照组治疗后PRL水平[(111.4±44.5)μg/L]与治疗前[(106.6±41.9)μg/L]比较,差异无统计学意义(P＞0.05);研究组疗效明显优于对照组(F=22.3,P＜0.01);研究组治疗1个月后复测PRL[(96.7±38.3)μg/L],已恢复至治疗前水平(P＞0.05).(2)研究组男性乳房女性化消失(8/14),自发泌乳消失(11/17),月经恢复(4/7),对照组则均无改善.(3)与治疗前比较,治疗后研究组及对照组PANSS及HAMD-17评分变化均无统计学意义(均P＞0.05).两组不良反应均较轻,除头痛研究组多于对照组外,其余不良反应发生率两组相近.结论 短期低频rTMS治疗可使慢性精神分裂症患者服用抗精神病药所致高催乳素血症的症状减轻,且安全性较好,但需进一步的rTMS维持治疗以巩固疗效.     

重复经颅磁刺激治疗精神分裂症阴性症状的随机双盲研究

目的探讨重复经颅磁刺激（rTMS）治疗精神分裂症阴性症状的疗效。方法 30例精神分裂症患者被随机分为rTMS真刺激组（治疗组,15例）和rTMS伪刺激组（对照组,15例）,采用θ短阵快速脉冲刺激（TBS）模式刺激左侧前额叶背外侧皮质（DLPFC）,每周5次,共干预20次。于基线、治疗2周及治疗4周时应用阳性与阴性症状量表（PANSS）的阴性因子分和阴性症状量表（SANS）进行疗效评定。结果共有27例患者完成研究,对照组有3例脱落。经rTMS干预4周后,治疗组与对照组的PANSS阴性因子分减分值分别为（4.67±2.47）分和（2.33±1.87）分,两组比较有统计学差异（z=-2.41,P=0.016）;SANS总分减分值分别为（11.87±8.04）分和（5.92±6.47）分,两组比较有统计学差异（z=2.08,P=0.038）。根据PANSS阴性因子分评定,治疗组的有效率达到46.7%,对照组的有效率为16.7%;根据SANS总分评定治疗组的有效率达到46.7%,而对照组的有效率为8.3%;阴性症状的组间疗效差异有统计学意义（P〈0.05）。除了轻微的一过性头痛和入睡困难,未见有其他严重不良反应。结论 TBS模式可改善精神分裂症患者的阴性症状。     

重复经颅磁刺激治疗精神分裂症幻听研究进展

重复经颅磁刺激(repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation,rTMS)是一种无创神经调控技术,具有治疗精神分裂症幻听的潜在价值。我们检索了PubMed、CNKI数据库,分析了低频rTMS、高频rTMS、持续模式化刺激(cTBS)三种刺激模式治疗精神分裂症幻听的临床疗效,发现低频rTMS对治疗精神分裂症有一定的临床疗效,高频rTMS和cTBS的疗效尚不明确。该领域的进一步深入研究对于幻听治疗有重要意义。     

Temporoparietal transcranial magnetic stimulation for auditory hallucinations: safety, efficacy and moderators in a fifty patient sample.

BACKGROUND: Auditory hallucinations are often resistant to treatment and can produce significant distress and behavioral difficulties. A preliminary report based on 24 patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder indicated greater improvement in auditory hallucinations following 1-hertz left temporoparietal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) compared to sham stimulation. Data from the full 50-subject sample incorporating 26 new patients are now presented to more comprehensively assess safety/tolerability, efficacy and moderators of this intervention. METHODS: Right-handed patients experiencing auditory hallucinations at least 5 times per day were randomly allocated to receive either rTMS or sham stimulation. A total of 132 minutes of rTMS was administered over 9 days at 90% motor threshold using a double-masked, sham-controlled, parallel design. RESULTS: Hallucination Change Score was more improved for rTMS relative to sham stimulation (p = .008) as was the Clinical Global Impressions Scale (p = .0004). Hallucination frequency was significantly decreased during rTMS relative to sham stimulation (p = .0014) and was a moderator of rTMS effects (p = .008). There was no evidence of neurocognitive impairment associated with rTMS. CONCLUSIONS: Left temporoparietal 1-hertz rTMS warrants further study as an intervention for auditory hallucinations. Data suggest that this intervention selectively alters neurobiological factors determining frequency of these hallucinations.     

A pilot double-blind sham-controlled trial of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for patients with refractory schizophrenia treated with clozapine

Schizophrenia is a complex and heterogeneous psychiatric disorder. Auditory verbal hallucinations occur in 50-70% of patients with schizophrenia and are associated with significant distress, decreased quality of life and impaired social functioning. This study aimed to investigate the effects of active compared with sham 1-Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) applied to the left temporal-parietal cortex in patients with schizophrenia treated with clozapine. Symptom dimensions that were evaluated included general psychopathology, severity of auditory hallucinations, quality of life and functionality. Seventeen right-handed patients with refractory schizophrenia experiencing auditory verbal hallucinations and treated with clozapine were randomly allocated to receive either active rTMS or sham stimulation. A total of 384 min of rTMS was administered over 20 days using a double-masked, sham-controlled, parallel design. There was a significant reduction in Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) scores in the active group compared with the sham group. There was no significant difference between active and sham rTMS on Quality of Life Scale (QLS), Auditory Hallucinations Rating Scale (AHRS), Clinical Global Impressions (CGI) and functional assessment staging (FAST) scores. Compared with sham stimulation, active rTMS of the left temporoparietal cortex in clozapine-treated patients showed a positive effect on general psychopathology. However, there was no effect on refractory auditory hallucinations. Further studies with larger sample sizes are needed to confirm these findings.     

The treatment of recurring auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia with rTMS.

BACKGROUND: Auditory hallucinations are a common and disabling problem for many patients with schizophrenia and often fail to respond to optimal antipsychotic therapy. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has recently been trialled as an alternative treatment option for these patients. These studies have generally been positive, but treatment has only been provided for short periods of time and little is known about the longer-term impact of TMS on the course of hallucinations. METHOD: We describe two cases in which rTMS was provided to patients upon relapse of hallucinations following initial successful rTMS treatment in a clinical trial. RESULTS: A repeat course of rTMS resulted in a marked improvement in the symptoms experienced by these two patients. CONCLUSIONS: rTMS appears to have potential as a long-term treatment for patients with auditory hallucinations, but requires ongoing systematic investigation.     

Slow transcranial magnetic stimulation,long-term depotentiation,and brain hyperexcitability disorders

OBJECTIVE: Many clinical syndromes in neuropsychiatry suggest focal brain activation. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been proposed as a method for selectively altering neural activity. METHOD: Studies assessing effects of "slow" rTMS, administered up to once per second, in normal people and in those with pathological conditions are reviewed. The findings are compared with those of animal studies examining long-term depression and long-term depotentiation through direct electrical stimulation of cortical tissue. RESULTS: Data suggest that slow rTMS reduces cortical excitability, both locally and in functionally linked cortical regions. Preliminary studies of patients with focal dystonia, epileptic seizures, and auditory hallucinations indicate symptom reductions following slow rTMS. Long-term depotentiation exhibits many features congruent with those of slow rTMS, including frequency dependence, spread to functionally linked cortical regions, additive efficacy, and extended duration of effects. CONCLUSIONS: Slow rTMS offers a new method for probing and possibly treating brain hyperexcitability syndromes. Further studies linking slow rTMS to animal models of neuroplasticity are indicated.     

Low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation improves source monitoring deficit in hallucinating patients with schizophrenia

Auditory hallucinations have been associated with a disruption in monitoring one's own speech suggesting an autonoetic agnosia in schizophrenia. This deficit can be measured by a source monitoring task. Low frequency transcranial magnetic stimulations (rTMS) applied to the left temporoparietal cortex can inhibit cortical areas involved both in autonoetic agnosia (which means 'the inability to identify self-generated mental events') and in auditory hallucinations (AH) phenomena. Although improvements in AH have been repeatedly reported following rTMS treatment, effects on autonoetic agnosia measured by source monitoring have never been investigated. We aimed to investigate the relation between improvements in AH and source monitoring performance after rTMS treatment. Twenty four right-handed refractory schizophrenic patients with hallucinations randomly received sham or active 10.0001-Hz rTMS to the left temporoparietal cortex and performed 2 source monitoring tasks requiring discrimination between silent- and overt-reading words before and after rTMS sessions. Compared to sham, active rTMS significantly improved AH. Source monitoring performances and the improvements tended to correlate, which would support a specific relation between autonoetic agnosia and auditory hallucinations.     

重复经颅磁刺激联合拉莫三嗪对精神分裂症顽固性幻听辅助治疗作用的对照研究

目的:探讨重复经颅磁刺激(r TMS)联合拉莫三嗪辅助治疗精神分裂症患者顽固性幻听的临床疗效。方法:90例精神分裂症患者随机分为观察组、对照1组和对照2组,每组各30例。观察组给予r TMS和拉莫三嗪治疗,对照1组给予伪r TMS和拉莫三嗪治疗,对照2组则给予r TMS和安慰剂治疗,连续观察8周。采用阳性和阴性症状量表(PANSS)、听幻觉量表(AHRS)和治疗中出现的症状量表(TESS)于治疗前和治疗后4、8周评定疗效和不良反应。结果:治疗8周,观察组PANSS及AHRS总分均显著低于对照1组和对照2组,组间主效应明显(F=6.739,P0.01;F=3.898,P0.05);各组PANSS总分及AHRS总分具有时间主效应(F=30.383,F=18.232;P均0.001),但组间与时间均无交互作用(F=1.607,F=1.568;P0.05)。观察组与对照组不良反应发生率差异无统计学意义(χ2=0.752,P0.05)。结论:r TMS联合拉莫三嗪辅助治疗能够显著地改善精神分裂症患者顽固性幻听症状,其疗效优于单用r TMS或拉莫三嗪。     

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treating the symptoms of schizophrenia: A PRISMA compliant meta-analysis

Objective

To explore the efficacies of 1-Hz (low frequency) and 10-Hz (high frequency) repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in treating auditory hallucinations and negative symptoms of schizophrenia, respectively.

Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS)

A group of European experts was commissioned to establish guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) from evidence published up until March 2014, regarding pain, movement disorders, stroke, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, consciousness disorders, tinnitus, depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, craving/addiction, and conversion. Despite unavoidable inhomogeneities, there is a sufficient body of evidence to accept with level A (definite efficacy) the analgesic effect of high-frequency (HF) rTMS of the primary motor cortex (M1) contralateral to the pain and the antidepressant effect of HF-rTMS of the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). A Level B recommendation (probable efficacy) is proposed for the antidepressant effect of low-frequency (LF) rTMS of the right DLPFC, HF-rTMS of the left DLPFC for the negative symptoms of schizophrenia, and LF-rTMS of contralesional M1 in chronic motor stroke. The effects of rTMS in a number of indications reach level C (possible efficacy), including LF-rTMS of the left temporoparietal cortex in tinnitus and auditory hallucinations. It remains to determine how to optimize rTMS protocols and techniques to give them relevance in routine clinical practice. In addition, professionals carrying out rTMS protocols should undergo rigorous training to ensure the quality of the technical realization, guarantee the proper care of patients, and maximize the chances of success. Under these conditions, the therapeutic use of rTMS should be able to develop in the coming years.